Log in to Zoom via SSO fails

Introduction

Logging in to Zoom (version 5.13.7) via my university's SSO fails because of a faulty authentication URL.

Specs

OS Archlinux 5.15.93-1-lts
Zoom version 5.13.7
Firefox 110

Problem and solution

When logging in via SSO and entering uva-live.zoom.us in the dialogue box, Zoom spits out a faulty url which Firefox (if that is indeed your default browser) cannot resolve, failing with the message Hmm. We’re having trouble finding that site.

The url looks as follows

https://uva-live/saml/login?[and a whole lot of other stuff]

Clearly, this is not a valid address as this does not designate a domain name. Simply, changing uva-live in the url to uva-live.zoom.us will solve the problem:

https://uva-live.zoom.us/saml/login?[and a whole lot of other stuff]

Modified: 2023-08-21 09:13:40 CEST

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